I am in my house. The cat sitter drank the champagne. California is really beautiful. It is 2009. Watch out for “school reformers” and tell Obama to appoint Linda Darling-Hammond Secretary of Education! To be a school “reformer” is to support: § a heavy reliance on fill-in-the-bubble standardized tests to evaluate students and schools, generally in … More Linda Darling-Hammond
I never get over missing the Western landscapes and Woody Guthrie’s song “Roll On, Columbia” never fails to make me nostalgic. The video has majestic photographs, but listen closely to the song lyrics. They are racist, colonialist, anti-environmentalist, and although Guthrie would never admit it, they favor big business. These are some errors in modernization … More Limits of Modernity
This is also my birthday, and it is an excellent day to work for peace. Among other things let us consider working to free Muntazer Al-Zaidi (especially since Bush has “no hard feelings”) and to get out of Iraq, Barack! I am feeling interestingly light. Here comes part of the 2007 Christmas concert given at … More Lumen Christi
“Behavior like this, by the Corps of Engineers, illustrates the need for a truly independent analysis of the levee failures in metro New Orleans. Behavior like this is further reason we need the 8/29 Investigation Act!” Levees.org: http://www.levees.org. Axé.
It is the weekend, so we will sing! Here is the Rankin Family on Fare The Well, Love. I am singing that I am back from the Lousiana State Penitentiary at Angola, and that the visit was not too depressing this time somehow. The Death Row guards are always so nice, and so glad to … More The Rankin Family
This was actually proposed in the United States in the early twentieth century. There is an explanation in Swedish, by an author called “Wage Slave.” The requisite symbols of anarcho-syndicalism are a black cat and a red and black flag. I wanted to post those but found the above image, which is far more interesting. … More The 16 Hour Work Week
I have been told I should elevate one of my earlier comments to the Dutchman to Post Level, so I am. The context is that the Dutchman felt that since I am an American I do not speak actual English, only a variant of it, so that “my” understanding of the term “Black” was probably … More Early Dutchman
Please read the latest on New Orleans demolitions and donate if you can. At the link just given is information on how you can write to Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Secretary of Health, and other relevant officials. A friend gives important background information, which I reproduce below. Please direct post election energy to saving Mid … More Mid City Alert: Take Action Now to Save Banks Street and More!
Review of My Polling Place There was a steady stream of voters walking in and out, but no line. There are many candidates on the ballot. Barack Obama heads the list for President, so he is easy to find, and Mary Landrieu heads the list for U.S. Senate, so she is easy to find, too. … More POR LA PATRIA GRANDE
Voting is TODAY! I am voting for the DEMOCRATIC PARTY and I then intend to remind PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA to THINK FURTHER LEFT. Vote and enjoy it, too, enjoy the whole day, dance. Mañana esotro día pero hoy que es hoy que la disfruten con lo mejor de su ser. Puede que traspasemos el propio … More VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE
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